# Robert Glință

Robert Andrei Glință (Romanian pronunciation:; born 18 April 1997) is the Romanian record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke. He is a former junior world record holder for 100 metre backstroke (short course), with a time of 50.77 seconds. He finalled in the 100 metre backstroke at two consecutive Summer Olympic Games, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He represented Team Iron in the International Swimming League in 2019.
At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, held at in December Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Glință achieved his highest place finish in the 100 metre backstroke, where he won the bronze medal with a time of 49.60 seconds, which was 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist Shaine Casas of the United States. It marked his first medal at a senior short course or long course World Championships. For the edition of the World Short Course Championships the following year, the 2022 World Short Course Championships held in December in Melbourne, Australia, he placed twenty-eighth in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 52.65 seconds.

## International championships (50 m)

| Meet | 50 freestyle | 100 freestyle | 50 backstroke | 100 backstroke | 200 backstroke | 50 butterfly | 4×100 freestyle | 4×200 freestyle |
| Junior level |||||||||
| WJC 2013 | | | 14th | 23rd | 31st | | | |
| EJC 2014 | | | 17th | 22nd | | | | |
| YOG 2014 | 13th | 11th | 7th | 5th | 10th | | | |
| EG 2015 | 34th | | 4th | 7th | 29th | | 14th | 13th |
| WJC 2015 | | 7th | DSQ | | | | | |
| Senior level |||||||||
| WC 2015 | | | 22nd | 30th | | | 16th | |
| EC 2016 | | | 7th | 6th | 14th | | 6th | |
| OG 2016 | | | — | 8th | 18th | — | | |
| EC 2018 | | | | 4th | | | | |
| WC 2019 | | | 7th | 8th | | | | |
| EC 2020 | | | | | 22nd | 36th | | |
| OG 2020 | | | — | 8th | 26th | — | | |
| WC 2022 | | | 5th | 8th | | | | |

## International championships (25 m)

| Meet | 100 freestyle | 50 backstroke | 100 backstroke | 200 backstroke | 4×50 freestyle | 4×50 medley |
| WC 2014 | | 31st | 22nd | 21st | | |
| EC 2015 | | 16th (h) | 6th | 15th | 6th | 16th |
| WC 2016 | | 11th | 7th | 8th | | |
| EC 2017 | | 5th | | | | |
| WC 2018 | | 12th | 8th | | 11th | |
| EC 2019 | | 4th | | | | |
| EC 2021 | 6th | | | | | |
| WC 2021 | | 9th | | | | |
| WC 2022 | | DNS | 28th | | | |

## Personal bests
### Long course metres (50 m pool)

| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Notes |
| 50 m backstroke | 24.12 | 2018 European Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 August 2018 | NR |
| 100 m backstroke | 52.88 | 2020 European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 20 May 2021 | NR |
| 200 m backstroke | 1:57.91 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 10 August 2016 | |

### Short course metres (25 m pool)

| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Notes |
| 100 m freestyle | 46.64 | 2021 European Championships | Kazan, Russia | 06 November 2021 | Former NR |
| 50 m backstroke | 22.74 | 2021 European Championships | Kazan, Russia | 03 November 2021 | NR |
| 100 m backstroke | 49.31 | 2021 European Championships | Kazan, Russia | 05 November 2021 | NR |
| 200 m backstroke | 1:51.75 | 2021 International Swimming League | Naples, Italy | 29 September 2021 | NR |